Aug 19, 2013

Grilled peaches and plums served over baby greens with walnuts and a sweet honey goat cheese dressing, this salad is light and delicious utilizing some of my favorite summer fruits.

While I hate to think of summer as having an expiration date, the fact
that it’s coming close to the end has me savoring every last moment. I'm a little excited about the change of seasons, but I always mourn the end of summer. So I'm trying to enjoy every last bit of summer’s bounty.

In a small blender, combine goat cheese, honey, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, water and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix until fully combined and creamy and refrigerate until ready to use. Makes about 1/2 cup.

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. When hot spray lightly with oil and grill the fruit about 1 minute, or until char marks form on the flesh.

Divide the greens between 4 plates, top with fruit and nuts and drizzle 2 tablespoons of dressing over everything.

I'm in Australia & I know that the 1st time I tried to buy goats' cheese I ended up buying feta which:'since 2002, has been a protected designation of origin product in the European Union. According to the relevant EU legislation, only those cheeses produced in a traditional way in some areas of Greece (mainland and the island of Lesbos), and made from sheep milk, or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk (up to 30%) of the same area, may bear the name "feta" '.Try looking for "fromage de chèvre" - goat's milk cheese. This is the soft and smooth cheese you ate in France.

This looks amazing! I have been following your recipes for over a year and I do believe this is one of this tastiest visually appealing posts you have written. You have inspired me to start my own blog and write about things that I know about. I would love it if you stopped by sometime. By the way, my entire office liked your skinny buffalo wraps. They were amazing!

I made this salad for dinner tonight, and it was so simple yet so tasty! Love the dressing. I have enough dressing & greens to make it again tomorrow night, I can't wait! :-) Thanks for sharing a fantastic recipe!

Has anyone tried grilling the fruit in advance, and chilling it? I am bringing this to a party on Sunday, and I'd rather not ask to use the hostess' grill or stove (grill pan) if it'll still turn out okay when pre-grilled! Thanks for another beautiful post, Gina!